2/22/07

False. Positive?


Look, it's hard coming up with lie-related headlines week after week. Some are bound to be less elegant than others. Luckily, that's not true of these four performers; they're all artists with words. But which one's the con artist? I'm pleased to introduce Liar's next four storytellers.

Monday, March 5 @ 8pm
The P.I.T. - 154 West 29th Street. $5


Dave Dickerson is a writer and crossword editor originally from Tucson, Arizona. He moved to New York nine months ago after getting a Ph.D. in English at Florida State, and a four year stint as a greeting card writer at Hallmark. His humor pieces have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and Mirth of a Nation, and one of his stories was selected for Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction 2005. Listen to him on the Quiz Show edition of NPR's This American Life.

Margot Leitman
was a nominee for the ECNY "Best Stand-up" award in 2004 and 2005. Her one woman show, Just Here For the Day, ran for six months at the UCB Theatre and her one-act play, Slow Night (co-written with Sarah Burns) was an off-off Broadway pick by New York Magazine. She performs regularly in the NYC downtown alternative storytelling scene and is a contributing writer for, The Complete Idiot's Guide To Jokes. She's appeared on MTV, ESPN's Cheap Seats, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and has hosted AMC's Date Night.

Peter Lubell has been speaking since his first breath. During periods of inhalation, he has written, produced and directed for many television networks, and for public radio. He's covered film festivals in print, worked as a jazz DJ in radio and told his stories at The Moth and Speakeasy. He asks that you please do not refrigerate or freeze your coffee.

Adam Wade has been performing stand up comedy in New York City for the past five years. His stories are genuine, unique, stupidly funny and just a tad heartfelt. He recently co-wrote a fictional story for the NY Sunday Times, and currently writes a column for Dan Kennedy's ReallySmallTalk.com He is the most recent Moth GrandSlam champion.

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